batch_operator: drop the operator-side bootstrap push#521
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The genesis advance (epoch 0 -> 1) is a SYSTEM responsibility, not a batch operator's. `sysio.msgch::bootstrap` gates on `require_auth(get_self())`, so only the holder of `sysio.msgch`'s own authority (the genesis / bootstrap process) can trigger it. `do_poll_epoch_state` was pushing `msgch::bootstrap` at epoch 0 signed with the operator's own account authority, which the chain rejects UNCONDITIONALLY with `missing authority of sysio.msgch (3090004)` before the epoch check ever runs. It never advanced anything; it only produced boot-window error-log noise (3 lines/run observed on the 9-op clusters). From epoch 1 onward `advance` re-arms itself via `evalcons` consensus; batch operators never trigger it. Remove the epoch==0 bootstrap-push block and the now-orphan `action_bootstrap` constant. Verified on top of the chain_plugin sync gate (#520): full unit sweep green (unit_test 1507/1507, contracts_unit_test, plugin_test, test_fc, and the chain / underwriter / batch_operator plugin test binaries), and the full 13-flow suite 13/13 SUCCEEDED with the `msgch::bootstrap 3090004` signature now 0 across every cluster (was 3x on the 9-op runs) and `3060002/3060003` still 0. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Change-Id: I08613c5379c85ba98e5d00a1c794ac00fb9b2de5
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Stacked on #520
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fix/chain-plugin-sync-gate(PR #520 — the chain_plugin sync gate). This PR is the one-file follow-up the sync-gate PR called out as out-of-scope. Review #520 first; GitHub will auto-retarget this tomasteronce #520 merges.Problem
batch_operator_plugin::do_poll_epoch_statepushedsysio.msgch::bootstrapat epoch 0 to trigger the genesis advance — signed with the operator's own account authority. Butmsgch::bootstrapgates onrequire_auth(get_self())(i.e.sysio.msgch's own authority), so the chain rejected the push unconditionally withmissing authority of sysio.msgch (3090004), before thecheck(epoch == 0)ever ran. It never advanced anything — it only emitted boot-window error-log noise (3 lines/run on the 9-op clusters).The genesis advance is a system responsibility: only the holder of
sysio.msgch's authority (the genesis / bootstrap process; the harness in test clusters) can trigger it. From epoch 1 onward,advancere-arms itself viaevalconsconsensus — batch operators never trigger it.Change
Remove the
epoch == 0bootstrap-push block fromdo_poll_epoch_stateand the now-orphanaction_bootstrapconstant. One file, +9/−14.Verification
On top of #520:
unit_test1507/1507,contracts_unit_test,plugin_test,test_fc, and thetest_chain_plugin/test_underwriter_plugin/test_batch_operator_pluginbinaries.msgch::bootstrap 3090004signature = 0 across all 13 clusters (was 3× on the 9-op runs of the parent branch — this is exactly what the change removes).3060002/3060003(the sync-gate target) still 0 across all 13.🤖 Generated with Claude Code